If you wondered what was in the recent Flight Simulator update, you’re not the only one. Most of us thought it was just an AIRAC update (the database of airports, waypoints, VORs, NDBs, ILS, and so on), and perhaps a few fixes for bugs at airports here and there.
It was far more.
Last year Asobo opened up the “World Hub” to the community - inviting people to contribute updates to existing airports around the world. That project has begun to bare fruit - with the following airfields all receiving a bump in accuracy and detail as a result:
00AK Lowell Field
50D Iron Co
66Y Diamondhead
7LA1 Birdwin
AGGT Santa Anna
BGGH Nuuk
EDCB Ballenstedt
EDCD Cottbus-Drewitz
EDDC Dresden
EDDF Frankfurt/Main
EDDR Saarbrucken
EDEN Bad Hersfeld
EDFY Elz
EDGA Ailertchen
EDGB Breitscheid
EDHE Uetersen
EDKB Hangelar
EDKI Betzdorf-Kirchen
EDKO Brilon/Hochsauerlandkreis Airfield
EDLL Am Salzgittersee Airfield
EDNY Friedrichshafen
EDRU Peine-Glindbruchkippe Airfield
EDRW Wienau
EDVJ Schaferstuhl
EDVS Drutte
EDWF Papenburg
EDXP Harle
FNMH Menongue Airport
GQPP Nouadhibou
HEAT Asyut Intl
JLA Quartz Creek
KEGV Eagle River Union
KGTF Great Falls Intl
KIOW Iowa City Mun
KJYO Leesburg Executive
KLCI Laconia Mun
KLEB Lebanon Muni
KMDW Chicago Midway Intl
KMHT Manchester
KMNM Menominee-Marinette Twin Co
KMTH The Florida Keys Marathon Intl
KOGM Ontonagon Co
KRHI Rhinelander-Oneida County
KSUE Door Co Cherryland
KUES Waukesha County
LEBB Bilbao
LEMI Región De Murcia International Airport
LEXJ Santander
LIAP Preturo
LSGL La Blecherette
LSGS Sion
LSZH Flughafen Zürich
MDJB El Higuero Intl
MDLR Casa De Campo Intl
MDST Cibao Intl
PASP Sheep Mountain
SBGR Guarulhos Intl.
SBJR Jacarepagua
SBVT Goiabeiras
SKLA Malaga
SVJQ Las Mercedes Airport
USRR Surgut
VEMN Dibrugarh
WADB Mohammad Salahuddin
WMKP Penang Intl
Y55 Crandon Mun
YPKA Karratha
YPKU Kununurra
Looks like a busy weekend ahead then ;)
The scale of the simulator is really amazing, when you think about it. This is just a tiny portion of the airports in the sim, and yet they put the effort in. It's impressive.